The Classical Drama of the Orient

MX Males, FX Females

Henry W. Wells - HARDBACK Published by Used Copy

Such a Beautiful Voice is Sayeda’s & Karima’s City - Two One-act Plays

M3 Males, F3 Females

Yussef El Guindi from Salwa Bakr Published by Dramatists Play Service

In its first few pages Such a Beautiful Voice is Sayeda's transports you to another world Here, Islam hangs in the very air you breathe; spirits, or Jinns, may lurk near; flattering dresses and lipstick are evidence of infidelity; and…

Kaahini

MX Males, FX Females

Maya Chowdhry Published by Capercaille Books

A highly original yet thoroughly accessible insight into what it means to be young, Asian and British Filled with the powerful and contradictory emotions of adolescence, Kaahini is brightly coloured, full of warmth and feeling, and shot through with the…

Fourteen Songs & Two Weddings and a Funeral

MX Males, FX Females

Sudha Bhuchar & Kristine Landon-Smith Published by Methuen

Pooja falls in love with Rajesh. Prem, Rajesh's brother, falls in love with Nisha, Pooja's sister. But when Pooja dies suddenly and in tragic circumstances, Pooja finds herself betrothed to the wrong brother Will Nisha's secret love for Prem be…

Lute Song

M9 Males, F6 Females

Sidney Howard & Will Irwin Published by Dramatic Publishing

"Life is the remedy for optimism," states the Honorable Tchang in this enchanting play, and Lute Song, as originally produced in Peking in 1404, has had a continuous stage life right up to the current season! A young scholar reluctantly…

A Critical Stage - The Role of Secular Alternative Theatre in Pakistan

MX Males, FX Females

Fawzia Afzal-Khan - HARDBACK Published by Seagull Theatre

Starting with examining the reasons why theatre failed to take root and develop in Pakistan, this book studies the critical role played by ‘alternative’ or ‘parallel’ theatre in the civil society of Pakistan This theatre is seen as a vanguard…